CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39. Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES episodes was made up of reruns, the highest-rated non-sports show appears to have been Food Network’s KITCHEN AT FN, up 0.06 to 0.23, with PIONEER WOMAN at 0.22/0.21. ID’s THE KILLER BESIDE ME dipped 0.03 to 0.20. HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTER RENOVATION lost 0.03 to 0.18. HBO chose the night to premiere its Sundance film THE TALE at a lackluster 0.09, compared to last week’s 0.26 for FAHRENHEIT 451. On OWN, SWEETIE PIES ticked down to 0.08, and BLACK LOVE was also down a tick to 0.07. The night was so low-rated that Showtime’s PATRICK MELROSE made the chart, up 0.01 to 0.04.

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DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). ###

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). ###

NETWORK UPDATE FOX’s NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME adjusted up to 10.4 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL took the top 2 slots with a pair of afternoon games on a soft…

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Mitch Metcalf

MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.